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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782656303321

Titolo

Gulf War and health [[electronic resource] ] : updated literature review of depleted uranium / / Committee on Gulf War and Health: Updated Literature Review of Depleted Uranium, Board of Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2008

ISBN

0-309-17777-4

1-281-80031-7

9786611800314

0-309-11920-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Disciplina

956.7044

Soggetti

Depleted uranium - Environmental aspects - United States

Depleted uranium - Health aspects - United States

Persian Gulf syndrome - United States

Persian Gulf War, 1991 - Health aspects - United States

Persian Gulf War, 1991 - Veterans - Diseases - United States

Post-traumatic stress disorder - United States

Uranium enrichment - By-products

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Stand-alone book; not a part of the Gulf War and health series according to Dir. of Publishing Services, National Academies Press.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Background""; ""3 Toxicology""; ""4 Methodology""; ""5 Exposure Assessment""; ""6 Clinical End Points of Interest""; ""7 Cohort Descriptions""; ""8 Conclusions""; ""Index""